The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

